WEBVTT IA SHERI, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THOSE HOPING TO TAKE THEIR SEAT IN THE NATION’S CAPITOL AND REPRESENT YOU IN CONGRESS TONIGHT, DISTRICT THREE, AN AREA THAT STRETCHES FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY DOWN THROUGH CALHOUN AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES, AND ALL THE WAY TO MACON AND PARTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. IN THAT DISTRICT, TWO DEMOCRATS ARE COMPETING TO CHALLENGE REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS IN THE FALL. MALLORY HAGAN AND DR. ADIA MCCLELLAN WINFRE FIRST O -- FIRST UP, HEALTHCARE. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES ALABAMA FACES IS A LACK OF HEALTHCARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIE MANY RURAL HOSPITALS CAN NOT DELIVER BABIES, AND ACCORDING TO THE CDC, OUR STATE HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE NATION. MALLORY HAGAN SAYS THAT PRENATAL CARE AND CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE ARE TWO KEY ISSUES FOR HER WHEN WE SAT DOWN TO TALK, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER PLANS TO VISIT WITH HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AND MIDWIVES TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BEST ADDRESS HEALTHCARE FOR NEWBORNS. >> I DO THINK THAT BIRTHI CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO SOLVING INFANT MORTALITY RATES AND PROVIDE BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG MOTHER AND HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME CHANGES THROUGH THAT. SHERI: DR. ADIA MCCLELLAN WINFREY ALSO WANTS TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 3 IN WASHINGTON. AS A PSYCHOLOGIST, SHE HAS FOCUSED ON HELPING CHILDREN AND TEENS ADDRESS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC. WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING RURAL HEALTHCARE, SHE SEES THIS AS THE KEY. >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TO BOLSTER RURAL HEALTHCARE IS TO EXPAN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH RURAL HEALTHCARE ARE A RESULT ALABAMA NOT EXPANDING MEDICAID GOING BACK AND LOOKING HOW WE CAN GET HEALTH CARE DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. IAN: TOMORROW WE’LL HEAR FROM 3 OF THE CANDIDATES HOPING TO REPRESENT ANOTHER PA